When Cynthia S. Wheeler was born on 26 August 1803, in North Society of Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Peleg Wheeler, was 28 and her mother, Eunice Utter, was 26. She married William Mather Hilliard on 7 August 1825, in North Society of Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 17 August 1829, in her hometown, at the age of 25, and was buried in Hilliard Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
In April of 1806, the Town of Stonington voted to separate into two separate towns based on ancient Congregational Church parishes.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.
History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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